Wanderthread Redux (Part 1)

Politics
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Champions-of-fascism continuing to get regularly stomped in the UFC:

https://twitter.com/benjaminpdixon/status/1206258337089826818?s=21

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https://twitter.com/lilianasegura/status/1206332166478716928?s=21

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https://twitter.com/shoebridgemlc/status/1206152137417224198?s=21

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https://twitter.com/carlbeijer/status/1206262130447732736?s=21

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Possibly interesting book:

https://twitter.com/danieldenvir/status/1206658389721407489?s=21

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https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/1206670862356819968?s=21

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Apply this reasoning to protest more generally.

https://twitter.com/mcotteri/status/1206804513711017984?s=21

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https://twitter.com/davevescio/status/1207028149873082368?s=21

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Some interesting threads:

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1206272575623573506?s=21

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1206937838597627905?s=21

https://twitter.com/johnreuel1955/status/1206944225096585216

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1206991961128914944?s=21

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1207092023376973825?s=21

https://twitter.com/freeyourmindkid/status/1207097936519335936?s=21

The initial posts are deliberate provocations in pursuit of a broader point; the responses (and responses to the responses) are fascinating.

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https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/1207027001460219904?s=21

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https://ahtribune.com/us/2020-election/3731-impeachment-is-peak-ok-boomer.html

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https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/1207045078654603265?s=21

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https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1207142507777273856?s=21

https://twitter.com/aliceavizandum/status/1207270633622659072?s=21

http://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/projects/niem/articles/Marcuse2014NiemoellerQuote147gWeb.pdf

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https://twitter.com/repsylviagarcia/status/1207393051234189312?s=21

https://twitter.com/adamkotsko/status/1207410523546849280?s=21

https://twitter.com/eoinhiggins_/status/1207410157254258693?s=21

https://twitter.com/cjmets6986/status/1207409771520901120?s=21

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Idle musings:

Consider the analogy between liberal representation/tokenism IDpol (i.e. “we can fix racism/sexism by adding a hint of diversity to the current power structure”) and the concept of a cargo cult.

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https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1207301452542164994?s=21

https://twitter.com/timfullerton/status/1207768056585490434?s=21

https://twitter.com/james_roe/status/1207768767830216704?s=21

https://twitter.com/hanksingle/status/1207781824136720384?s=21

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https://twitter.com/jonathancohn/status/1207782140500434944?s=21

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Non-American lives have zero value in US political discourse:

https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/1207841983563214848?s=21

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https://twitter.com/indiancountry/status/1207793018016694272?s=21

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